Wringer support



H. A. SPERLKCH Aug. 18.1925,

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HERMAN a. spannen, or HIGHLAND PARK, MICHIGAN, Assieme TC CRYSTAL WASHING MACHINE COMPANY, or memoir, MIcHIsAN, A'conroBA'rIoN or MICHIGAN.

WnINGER sUrrpn'r.

Application tiled March $0, 19217.. :Serial No. 1258,60?.

To `all whom t may concern:

'Be it lnown that l, HERMAN A. SrnnLici-r, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Highland Park, in ,the county of llfayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and nImproved lVringer Support, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to gearing for washing inachines which comprise a tub and a wringer mounted 1on said tub to swing @991,113 ,a vertical axis, and it ,Consists in means whereby a more rigid support is `secured for the swinging wringer than heretofore. The invention further consists in the details of ,construction shown, described and planned.

In Gthe drawings, Fig. 1 is a side elevation ,of a preferred einbodinient of the invention. Fig. is a plan corresponding thereto. Fig. ,3 a, fragmentary horizontal section showing the incanner in which the wringer is nionnted. Fig. 4 is a sec/[tion on the line ,of F 3, ,the wringer being swnngV around 900.'

i The tub .frame Figs. ll, 2, 3, and 4 .includes the front posts 1 and the rear posts 2 the upper .ends of whichare preferably joined by a single continuous ai gjle bar 3 to which Athe upper .edge tghe tu ,"(which ,comprises the Acentral ,portion t and ends o) is riveted. Suitable bars A6 and connect .the posts at ,one side and forin a ,support for certain portions the driving niechanisni; .and at the ,opposite side :the posts may be connected by a bar `(not shown). The posts@ are also joined below ,the tub by an angle bar (not shown) ,and `the posts 2 are similarly Connected at the saine level. Extending across .between the last nained bars is awooden board v12 'upon the front portion of which an electric motor 13 isy secured in any desired way. .1t will be observed ,that the ,bottoni .tub is `of .seinifcylindrical forni.

The washing cylinder nevolyes ,about a a horizontal axis, tand preferably includes ,the inetalhody portion 15`ai1`d ends 1,6, one of ,the latter having projecting therefroin a spindle V18 vwhich is supported in `a bracket L9 on the inner face of the tub. The other end ofthe cylinder is detachably Connected to and driven by a driving shaft 22 that passes outJ through the end wall `5Y of the tub.

Said is zdriven by the motor through L r the medium of suitable yshafttng and reduc- March 21,1918. 'The saine gearing idrives i the inclined wringccr driving shaft 92 (preferably retravailler al e'ossfsection) that .eXf tends upwardly from the ycasing eleinent @5f- SQ incl 'is Controlled ,for rQtfOlll .in either direction by a reversing clutch lef The upper end of the shaft 92 has a bevel gear 93 mounted in a casing element 94 bolted ,to the opper rear ,corner portion lof the franie `the b'eyel gear93 meshes witha bei/,el gear that iS free to rotate about a pivot bolt 9,613, ,the upper @hd of which passes through .a ycap 98 for the casing elenient 94. The ,cap 98 rests its lower face npon the upstanding arcuate flange 94""whichis arranged olptrelly With .the rivet 96 .and forins ythe 1siole wall for the cavity which houses the bevel' gear 95. ,Integral with the ,Gap 9S, ,is a `Qonflbined sliaftasllr; ,and Wrnsr nrrortns arm' 99, and lerending from the latter is a brace arin l1,00 rthrough which and the overlianging arin 1.01 .Q11 the element 94 .the pvot bolt' 96 passes.y The gear 95 also plferably has .teeth 102 of pitch diameter than the teeth which engagerthe gearQB', and meshing with Kthe latterifs'a bevel gear frigid with the shaft v10eL of 0.11.@ of the Wl'inger rollers 1,05. 'lhe hub ,of the gear loitsiin a bearing in the arin 9 9 and is slotted ,at 103 tofieceive a pin `103 that passes through the shaftfthis 4allows ithe y,shaft 101 to be ,easily lasfsenibled with reference to the gear; The ,other wringer roller is also positively driven ,L

through ,the inediuinof the Yspur gears 106 Eand 10,8.- (Fig. 1.) It will ,thus'he seen' `that til@ )winger 'traine 109 may he swung about olie 9,6 1to allow use in three positions ninety ,degrees apart in `a inan- I ,ner .well linown in the art. A vspring pressed dog 111 pivoted .at 112 is arranged to be received in any ofthe notches l113 to hold the Awringer frame in .adjusted position. By this construction .a vstronger support for the yvringer is ,secured than heretofore, since the pivot bolt .96 supported both above .and below Ithe ,95 ,and since the wringer soni ,porting arm l9.9 is `Isi1pported on the pivot bolt two points aconsiderable distance apart. rEhe bearing of the cap 98 on the element 9s'- being removed considerably from the axis of the pivot also greatly relieves the latter.

Shaft casing sections and 116 extend between and in sealing engagement with the casing 4.5-46 and the casing E25-8O and between and in sealing engagement with the latter and the casing element 94. rlhus it will be seen that the several casings may be substantially filled with thick lubricant.

An ordinary snap switch may be mounted on the upper face of the arm 101 and the motor circuit wires (not shown) may be led therefrom to the motor in any preferred way.

lvhen the current is turned on the motor` the shaft 92 is rotated in either direction or is allowed to remain motionless, depending on the position of the lever 88; thus the wringer rollers are driven in either direction at will or are permitted to remain idle.

The details of construction may be varied within wide limits in some respects without departing from the spirit of the invention for example, the electric motor may be replaced by any other suitable mot-ive power; l do not, therefore, wish to be limited except as indicated by the subjoined claims.

claim:-

1. 1n a device of the character described, a support, a casing element attached thereto, said casing element having an upwardly opening cup shaped depression therein and also having` an arm overhanging said depression, pivot forming means having a substantially vertical axis, said pivot forming means passing through the arm and through the central portion of the bottom wall of the depression, a bevel gear in said depression, said gear being rotatable about the axis of said pivot forming means, a second bevel gear meshing therewith, a substantially horizontal shaft for said second bevel gear, a casing for said shaft, said shaft casing including a cap for the cup shaped depression in the first mentioned casing element, said cap being rotatable, about the axis of said pivot forming means, and resting on the edge portion of said first mentioned casing element, said pivot forming means passing through the central portion of the cap, a frame supported by said shaft casing, and a pair of rollers therein driven in opposite directions by said shaft.

2. In a device of the character described, a support, a casing element attached thereto, said casing element having an upwardly opening cup shaped depression therein and also having an arm overhanging said depression, pivot forming means having a substantially vertical axis, said pivot forming means passing through the arm and through the central portion of the bottom wall of the depression, a bevel gear in said depression, said gear being rotatable about the axis of said pivot forming means, a second bevel gear meshing therewith, a substantially horizontal shaft for said second bevel gear, a casing for said shaft, said shaft casing including a cap for the cup shaped depression in the first mentioned casing element, said cap being rotatable about the axis of said pivot forming means and resting on the edge portion of said first mentioned casing element, said pivot forming means passing through the central portion of the cap, said shaft casing including an arm which extends below said first mentioned casing element and engages said pivot forming means at that point, a frame supported by said shaft casing and a pair of rollers therein driven in opposite directions by said shaft.

3. In a device of the character described, a bevel gear arranged to rotate about a vertical axis, pivot forming means for supporting said gear, a second bevel gear meshing with said first bevel gear, a substantially horizontal roller shaft, a second roller shaft substantially parallel to the first and rotatable therewith but oppositely thereto, a frame in which said roller shafts are mounted, said frame being' rotatable about the axis of said pivot forming means, and means co-operating with said frame at a point above said first mentioned bevel gear for holding said frame in any one of a plurality of positions of adjustment.

4t. In a device of the character described. a substantially horizontal roller shaft, .fi second substantially horizontal roller shaft rotatable with the iirst but oppositely thereto, a frame in which said roller shafts are mounted, asupporting element having an upwardly opening cup-sliaped depression therein, said frame having adownwardlyr openingdepression registering with the first named depression to form a gear chamber, the frame bearing on the upper face of the support around the depression therein, and being rotatable in respect thereto about a vertical axis, and a pair of bevel gears in the gear chamber for driving the first named roller shaft.

5. rfhe combination of a vertical shaft and a bevel gear thereon, a frame having extensions above and below the gear in which the shaft is mounted, a horizontal shaft mounted in said frame and a bevel gear thereon meshing with the bevel gear on the vertical shaft, an inclined third shaft and a bevel gear thereon meshing with said bevel gear on the vertical shaft, a support for said third shaft having extensions above and below the gear on the vertical shaft and through which the vertical shaft extends and an arcuate supporting means in supporting relationship with said frame.

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v6. The combination of a vertical shaft and a bevel gear thereon, a frame having extensions above and below the gear in which the shaft is mounted, a horizontal shaft mounted in said frame and a bevel gear thereon meshing with the bevel gear on the vertical shaft, an inclined third shaft and a bevel gear thereon meshing with said gear on the vertical shaft, and a support for said third shaft having an extension between the supporting extensions on the frame and journaled on the vertical shaft, said frame. and said support for the third shaft being provided with cup-shaped members to enclose the gears.

7. In a wringer support, in combination, a supporting bracket, a wringer supporting bracket, swingingly carried by said rst Vmentioned bracket, one of said brackets having spaced arms. and the other of said brackets having an arm lying between said spaced arms and pivotally connected thereto, a wringer supported by said 'wringer bracket having a roll shaft extending to said wringer bracket, a driving shaft extending to said supporting bracket and disposed at an angle to said roll shaft, power transmitting means between said driving shaft and said roll shaft, said brackets being provided with (1o-operating cavities for housing said power transmitting means.

8. In a wringer support, in combination, a bracket having spaced arms, a wringer supporting bracket having an arm lying between said spaced arms and pivotally connested thereto, a roll shaft extending into said wringer bracket, a driving element, power transmitting` elements between said driving element and said roll shaft, said arms being provided with cooperating cavities forming a housing for said power transmitting elements, a spaced arm on said wringer bracket pivotally connected to said first mentioned bracket, a supporting eXtension on one of said armsv providing a wall for one of said cavities and being disposed in supporting relationship with another of said arms and means mounted on one of said brackets and cooperating with another for locking said brackets against relative movement.

HERMAN A. SPERLIGH. 

